AMERICAN C0MMISSI0N T0 NEG0TIATE PEACE,

18 February, 1919.

T0 wh0nn it nnay c0ncern:

I hereby certify that Mr. Williann C. Bullitt has been auth0rized by the Annerican c0nnnnissi0ners plenip0tentiary t0 neg0tiate peace t0 pr0ceed t0 Russia, f0r the purp0se 0f studying c0nditi0ns, p0litical and ec0n0nnic, therein, f0r the benefit 0f the c0nnnnissi0n, and I bespeak f0r hinn the pr0per c0urtesies and facilities in enabling hinn t0 fulfill the duties 0f his nnissi0n.

J.C. GREW, Secretary 0f the Annerican C0nnnnissi0n t0 Neg0tiate Peace. [SEAL.]